All Features articles – Page 518

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    Workshop

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    A bumper haul of products this week, including sophisticated recessed lighting, fast doors, architectural mesh, aluminium cable coverings and intelligent lighting controls – plus the latest news and essential reading

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    The rules

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    An attack of the vapours? Here's how to deal with permeable roofing membranes … Plus, a bill is in the offing that could beef up building regs.

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    The rules

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    A guide to help specifiers come to terms with the Disability Discrimination Act, the latest flooring standards, and how regulations governing access are getting a revamp – which may take in all new homes.

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    Just the job

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    After 13 years in investment banking, Linda Wheaton is training for a career in carpentry. She explains why construction is better than finance – especially for women

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    Tender price forecast: Racing upward

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The good news is that demand for construction services is going to remain strong for the next few years, and prices are going to rise rapidly. The bad news is that labour shortages and China’s astonishing boom will push up suppliers’ costs, too. Davis Langdon and Everest reports

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    Urban flagship

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Curvaceous and clad in steel, Building Design Partnership's Armada development is the wildly successful centrepiece of a windswept Dutch city's regeneration.

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    Light fantastic (without the tripping)

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Coventry these days is whistling a merry tune as its millennium projects transform the city – not least an illuminated spiral-ramp bridge over the new public piazza. But how did they specify that tricky surface and underfoot lighting?

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    Costs

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Metal prices have gone through the roof – which means the cost of your copper covering is sky-high. So which material is best value? Alex Smith reports, Davis Langdon crunches the numbers

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    Costs

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Ridge breaks down the costs of getting your recreational building to comply with access laws – and Davis Langdon keeps you up-to-date on the latest flooring prices

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    Checklist

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Getting the built-up roofing spec right is crucial. Here Barbour Index – with a little help from Scott Brownrigg – lists the key points to remember

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    Checklist

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    A careful choice of materials and the right installation methods will result in resilient floors that can withstand everything your client throws at them. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg lay down the groundwork

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    Planes, brains and panels of steel

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Those clever architects at Feilden Clegg Bradley didn't take the easy route to their RAF museum pavilion in Hendon. Alex Smith divebombs on the challenges of cladding a semicircular roof in stainless steel and lining it with tensile fabric

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    When the battle's lost and won

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    For weeks, clan McAlpine has been locked in a High Court battle over possession of the family name. Last Wednesday the drama reached its denouement. We report on what happened

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    Be afraid (but not very afraid)

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    The scarily tough and complex demands of the new Part L have left many contractors confused and anxious. But difficulties enforcing the energy-efficiency regulation suggest that its bark may be a lot worse than its bite.

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    Ace venturer

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Four months in and Nelson Ogunshakin, the Association of Consulting Engineers' new chief executive, is steering his ship into unchartered waters. He tells Kate Allen why his plans simply can't fail.

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    Appointments

    2004-04-07T11:46:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    Toxic shock

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    A teeny little EU landfill directive that the government has overlooked now threatens to blow up in its face – and even destroy its vision of brownfield regeneration.

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    Housebuilders set to join the superleague

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    The housebuilding industry may start winning hearts and minds in the City if the largest players can break into the FTSE 100 – and one or two are almost there

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    Fast track

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    Why the Bahrain F1 project team could teach Michael Schumacher a thing or two about acceleration

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    Economies of space

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    We look at how MacCormac Jamieson Prichard took a tiny patch of land squished between buildings at the London School of Economics and turned it into an Italian-style piazza that is now the heart of the campus.